Early catheter removal after radical retropubic prostatectomy: Long-term followup

Journal of Urology

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2170-2172

  Koch, Michael O ^a   Nayee, Anish H ^a   Sloan, James ^a   Gardner, Thomas ^a   Wahle, Greg R ^a   Bihrle, Richard ^a   Foster, Richard S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheterization; Device removal; Prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER ASPIRATION; BLADDER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOGRAPHY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; ILEUS; INDWELLING CATHETER; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPHOCELE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICTURITION DISORDER; PELVIS ABSCESS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URINE CATHETER; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0037611190     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000065860.16392.19     Document Type: Article

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